Daisy Powerline 15XT Review

Overall Rating

This gun is very powerful considering it's dirt cheap price of around $35. I've seen guns 3x the cost with less fps, and a smaller magazine than this gun.

The CO2 conservation on this weapon is also great, although you will never get the same amount of power as the first three shots, you can shoot four or more magazines without changing the cartridge.

The overall weight and handling of the weapon is good as well. You will not get tired of holding and shooting this weapon for extended periods of time. The weight is also well balanced, with most of it being concentrated in the grip (were almost all of the metal parts are, and where you store CO2)

Once you jam this gun, it is gone forever. dis-assembly is very difficult, and unless you have intimate knowledge of the design of this gun, you will break it even more. This gun is not designed to be dis and re assembled at will, and since you don't have casual access to the firing chamber, and the magazine is un-removable, you'll have to buy a new gun every time there is a jam or serious misfire.

As i just mentioned, the magazine of this gun is un-removable, leaving you with 15 shots, and then a rather annoying reload. The magazine was kept as part of the gun to keep the number of moving parts, and thus price, down to the bare minimum.

The magazine is quick to reload, yes, but the tiny hole you have to fit the pellets into means that a good 30% will spill onto the floor for every reload. Once the pellets are spilled, it is not a good idea to just pick them up and use them. If you do, than your gun will jam and mis-fire, and almost certainly break.

The trigger pull of this gun is also a problem. The pull is very heavy in comparison to most other weapons, and if you pull back for too long, then you fire two pellets instead of one. (More on this below.)

The gun design it's self also contains two major flaws:
One: if the gun is ever dropped on the muzzle, then there is a 50/50 chance that the seal keeping the firing and magazine springs will pop off. As of this date, there is no real fix for this other than buying a new gun.

Two: if you pull the trigger too long, then the gun will shoot two pellets as opposed to one, and both pellets will leave the barrel in random directions. this can be extremely hazardous for anyone or anything near the shooter.

The sights that are attached to this gun are un-removable, and nearly useless. They are unadjustable, and the sight rail can only a mount a very small number of sights, most of which are either more expensive than the gun it's self, or so low in quality that you would be better off with the standard sights.

Overall, this gun is very good considering it's price (around $35), and as far as pistols go, this one is nice, but it does have numerous flaws, as is to be expected of a gun that costs less than the sights it can't mount. However one cannot be overly critical of this gun, in fact, it is amazing that Powerline was able to make such a good gun at such a low price.

Members' Comments onhellion666's Review

• wrenchmonkey on 16th Jul 2009

  This reviewer doesn't sound like he's owned this gun much, or fired many air guns at all for that matter. First off, it doesn't fire pellets, only BB's. Second off, it can be assembled moderately easy if you have photo's, but can be done. Third off, it's never fired more than one BB at a time by design, so double fires are BS. Fourth off, the sights on an air pistol are almost useless anyway, and adjusting them would be a waste of time. A laser sight mounts nicely under the frame and helps.

• MetalMan on 13th Nov 2009

  where can I get photos for assembly of the 15xt?